WOMEN DO CRY

by Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova

                          2021 / drama / Bulgaria, France / Color / 107 min

                                            Festival de Cannes 2021

                                  Official selection / Un certain Regard  

An injured stork, a woman in the midst of postnatal depression, a young girl confronted with the stigma of HIV, a mother who seeks a little magic in the lunar calendar ... Sisters, mothers and daughters confront their fragilities and the absurdity of life as violent protests and debates about gender tear their country, Bulgaria, apart.

Cast: Maria Bakalova, Ralitsa Stoyanova, Katia Kazakova, Bilyana Kazakova, Vesela Kazakova, Iossif Surchadjiev,Rositca Gevrenova, Diana Spasova, Dobriela Popova, Yavor Kostov, Martin Noev, Kiril Miloushev, Dragomir Kostadinov, Siana Georgieva, Bilyana Seferova, Jerome Godfrey

Editing: Donka Ivanova, Yann Dedet;

DoP: Dimitar Kostov;

Casting: Vania Bajdarova;

Music: Andy Cowton;

Sound recording: Florent Blanchard,

Sound editing: Jean-Pierre Halbwachs;

Sound mixing: Stéphane de Rocquigny;

VFX: Mohammed Zemmar;

Visual materials: Maria Ilchovska;

Colour grading: Lionel Kopp

Scriptwriters: Bilyana Kazakova, Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova

Directors: Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova

Co-producer: Оlivier Père (ARTE)

Producers: Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova (Activist38) and Christophe Bruncher

(Ici et Là Productions)

World sales: MK2

Supported by: Bulgarian National Film Centre, ARTE France Cinema, EURIMAGES, Region Ile de France in partnership with CNC

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